伪满皇宫,英文导游词.doc

PAGE  PAGE 22 伪满皇宫,英文导游词 The Puppet Manchurian Imperial Palace Museum Jixi Building Jixi Building is a two-story one with black brick-and-iron roof. It was originally the office building of Salt Administration of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. And after the rebuilding and repair on April 3rd,1932, it became the dormitory for Puyi and his concubines. Puyi named the building Jixi according to an ancient poem. The two characters of Jixi symbolize the brightness. By contrast, when Puyi moved in, he found that everything here was absolutely different from what he imagined. His life was controlled by Japanese Guandong Army with total absence of freedom and liberty. (Bedroom) Entering the building, up along the stairs, we come to the second floor. The west part of this floor is the living quarter of Puyi, which mainly contains bedroom, study, barber’s room, the room of Buddists, washing room and the tradition Chinese medicine room. The bedroom is decorated simply and brightly. The bed is made of mahogany wood covered with two dragons playing a pearl. It is said the two silk pillows were made by Puyi’s concubine Tan Yuling. Puyi was afraid of hot very much. He got a habbit of covering toweling coverlet when sleeping, covering one in summer and two in winter. Some part of his body was wrapped with a clean sheet which was washed and changed everyday. Strangely enough, there were two human models, one male, another female, under his window facing south, covered by cloth in usual. When he went to bed, Puyi always put them in front of his bed. It is said that they served as Puyi’s body guards. (Study)